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2026 WEC 24 Hours of Le Mans
Jun 10, 2026 to Jun 14, 2026
| Le Mans - Circuit de la Sarthe, FR
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Green flag
09:53:23 am
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Cavendish waves off the cars and the formation lap is under way. All 62 cars get away smoothly, so that's task number one completed without a hitch.
09:51:59 am
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Not that the tension is showing in the cockpit of the #15 BMW polesitter, as a relaxed Kevin Magnussen sharpens his focus on the task at hand. He'll be aiming to hold off Will Stevens in the #12 Cadillac, with third-placed car #35 Alpine driven by Ferdinand Habsburg.
#15 BMW M Team WRT BMW M Hybrid V8: Kevin Magnussen, Raffaele Marciello, Dries Vanthoor
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09:49:38 am
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The grid has been cleared of mechanics, celebs and hangers on, and the three-minute board is shown. We're close to the start of the formation lap, as the tension cranks up a notch.
09:47:33 am
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What we can confirm is the starting grid.
The #38 Cadillac had grabbed pole position on Thursday evening, only to lose it for a rules infringement, which meant that the honour was handed over to the #15 BMW, with the sister #12 Caddy joining it on the front row. Here's the full starting grid:
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Cla Team # Drivers Car Time km/h 1
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
15 K. Magnussen
R. Marciello
D. Vanthoor BMW M Hybrid V8
3'22.564
242.163 2
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR
12 L. Deletraz
W. Stevens
N. Nato Cadillac V-Series.R
+0.514
3'23.078
241.550 3
Alpine Endurance Team HYPERCAR
35 A. Felix da Costa
C. Milesi
F. Habsburg Alpine A424
+1.056
3'23.620
240.907 4
BMW M Team WRT HYPERCAR
20 R. Frijns
R. Rast
S. Van Der Linde BMW M Hybrid V8
+1.200
3'23.764
240.737 5
Cadillac WTR HYPERCAR
101 R. Taylor
J. Taylor
F. Albuquerque Cadillac V-Series.R
+1.214
3'23.778
240.720 6
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
19 M. Jaminet
P. Chatin
D. Juncadella Genesis GMR-001
+1.259
3'23.823
240.667 7
Aston Martin THOR Team HYPERCAR
009 A. Riberas
M. Sorensen
R. De Angelis Aston Martin Valkyrie
+2.165
3'24.729
239.602 8
FERRARI AF CORSE HYPERCAR
51 A. Pier Guidi
J. Calado
A. Giovinazzi Ferrari 499P
+2.517
3'25.081
239.191 9
Genesis Magma Racing HYPERCAR
17 A. Lotterer
P. Derani
M. Jaubert
Genesis GMR-001
+3.552
3'26.116
237.990 10
Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA HYPERCAR
38 S. Bourdais
E. Bamber
J. Aitken Cadillac V-Series.R
+4.301
3'26.865
237.128 View full results
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09:44:53 am
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So, what can we expect from the Le Mans 24 Hours this year? That is a harder question to answer than ever before, mostly because a certain something has been made a completely off-record topic. That's right: BoP.
Nobody truly knows what each manufacturer is carrying so the true pace is a little bit more shaded than in previous years of this era of Hypercar racing. We shouldn't even be talking about it here... whoops.
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09:41:23 am
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Cav greets Pierre Fillon, ACO big boss, and Sarah Bovy, this year's Grand Marshal, to exchange pleasantries and mark the end of this section of the pre-race pomp and ceremony.
09:39:03 am
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The Cavalry Regiment of the Republican guard are trotting up the grid to the front row to hand over the French flag to this year's official starter: Sir Mark Cavendish. A motorsport fanatic, but more familiar on two wheels with pedal power, he takes the tricolore from the guards on horseback and waves it to the cheering crowd.
09:36:21 am
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The good news is everyone is present and correct on the starting grid so the pre-race ceremonies can take place as planned. The Race start is at 4pm CET/3pm BST and just 24 hours later we'll find out the winners.
As is familiar with this era, we have the three classes to keep track of: Hypercar, LMP2 and GT with 62 cars in total fighting for the biggest prizes in motorsport.
The French national anthem, La Marseillaise, is played to mark the arrival of the overall winners' trophy to the front of the grid.
Lights green
09:30:42 am
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Here we go
Hello and welcome to our live text coverage of the 2026 Le Mans 24 Hours. One that nobody can predict and nobody wants to miss. We’ll get on to why and what to expect shortly, so settle in and get comfortable, we’ve got a long way to go.
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Published: Jun 13, 2026, 1:53 PM
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